Two teenage girls said they had a strange encounter with an officer in a Kansas City park this week.

Two teenage girls said they had a strange encounter with an officer in a Kansas City park this week.

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Updated: 6:23 PM CST Feb 17, 2016

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WEBVTT KMBC 9'S PEGGY BREIT IS LIVE WITH THE LATE BREAKING DETAILS. PEGGY. REPORTER THE TWO 16-YEAR-OLDS MADE A REPORT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED HERE ON MONDAY MORNIN WHEN THEY PULLED THEIR VEHICLE IN HERE TO CHAT BEFORE TAKING IN A MOVIE. ORIGINALLY, INVESTIGATORS BELIEVED A POLICE IMPERSONATOR MAY HAVE CONFRONTED THEM. NOW THEY SAY IT WAS A REAL OFFICER, ON PATROL HERE >> HIS WHOLE PRESENCE WAS JU WEIRD AND OFF, LIKE HE DIDN'T, HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS EXHAUSTED OR SOMETHING. BUT THE GIRLS DID WHAT HE TOLD THEM. THEY SHOWED HIM THEIR BELONGINGS, LET HIM SEARCH THEIR VEHICLE. ALL THE WHILE, THEY SAY HE WAS ACCUSING THEM OF HAVING DRUGS. THEN, THE GIRLS SAY, THINGS GOT ALARMING >> WANTED TO LOOK IN HER POCKETS SO SHE EMPTIED OUT HER POCKE AND THEN HE SAID HE HAD TO SEE WHAT WAS IN HER POCKET AND SO HE PUT HIS HAND IN HER POCKET, THERE WAS NOTHING, LOOKED IN HER PURSE, SHE SAID AT THAT POINT SHE SAYS, DO I NEED TO CALL MY PARENTS? REPORTER: THEY SAY HE SAID NO, AND THEN ALLEGEDLY TOOK A PICTURE OF ONE OF THE GIRLS' DRIVER'S LICENSES. >> IT MAKES ME NERVOUS NOW CUZ NOW SOMEONE OUT THERE HAS MY INFORMATION ABOUT WHERE I LIVE AND WHO I AM. REPORTER: THE GIRLS SAY THEY LEFT AND SAW NO POLICE CRUISER NEAR-BY. THEY WENT HOME AND TOLD THEIR PARENTS THEN WENT TO NORTH PATROL TO REPORT IT. POLICE ADDED EXTRA PATROLS AROUND THE PARK AS WELL AS THE GIRLS' HOMES. BEFORE DETERMINING IT WAS AN ON-DUTY KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI OFFICER WHO STOPPED THE GIRLS. THEY SAY HE NEVER IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS POLIC WE JUST SPOKE WITH ONE OF THE PARENTS WHO SAYS THEY WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENCOUNTER HERE. THEY STILL WONDER IF THE OFFICER CONDUCTED HIMSELF PROPERLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS

Girls say encounter with police officer was concerning

Two teenage girls said they had a strange encounter with an officer in a Kansas City park this week.